Weed High School Explained

Weed High School
Streetaddress:909 Hillside Drive
City:Weed
County:Siskiyou County
State:California
Zipcode:96094
Country:USA
Coordinates:41.4278°N -122.3728°W
Type:Public
District:Siskiyou Union High School District
Principal:Danielle Dewhurst
Superintendent:Michael Wharton Jr.
Grades:9–12
Students:195 (2022–23)[1]
Teaching Staff:10.63 (FTE)
Ratio:18.34
Rival:Mt. Shasta High School
Mascot:Cougar
Colors: Green and white
Conference:CIF Northern Section Shasta Cascade League
Newspaper:Weed Press
Homepage:Weed H.S.

Weed High School is a secondary school located in Weed, California and is part of the Siskiyou Union High School District.

For the 2006–07 school year, the school had student enrollment of 196, an Academic Performance Index (API) of 727 which is equal to the Siskiyou County average API for the same period, and above the CA state average API of 697. The student to teacher ratio was 30:1, and the student to computer ratio was 2:1. The school's racial/ethnic make-up was 40% white/Caucasian, 29% Latino/Hispanic, 31% black/African-American, which is considered quite diverse for a rural school in this geographic area.[2]

Sports history

From 1961 through 1964, the Weed Cougars went undefeated in football. The 1963 team was ranked #1 in northern California by the Sacramento Bee,[3] and later was inducted into the Northern California Sports Hall of Fame.[4] In 2024, the Weed Lady Cougars varsity girls basketball won the CIF Northern Regional Division VI Championship. Though officially recognized as such, and with no Division VI schools in Southern California, the Cougars were recognized as the #1 small school in the state.

Notable people

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Weed High. National Center for Education Statistics. August 19, 2024.
  2. http://www.sisnet.ssku.k12.ca.us/sarc.html "Weed High School: School Accountability Report Card, 2006-2007"
  3. News: California: Northern Section Notes . Kevin . Askeland . MaxPreps.com . 2007 . 17 April 2017.
  4. News: Weed High School Football is into the History Books . Aaron . Nilsson . News10 (KTVL Medford, OR) . 24 March 2017 . 17 April 2017.
  5. News: Sebastian . Simone . Charlie Byrd -- California's first elected black sheriff . 2 August 2021 . SFGATE . 25 September 2003.